After Health Minister Edelstein attacked Ichilov Hospital, which vaccinated teachers with the surplus of rations, the former corona commissioner and Ichilov director responded to the criticisms. • Edelstein ordered a halt to the allocation of vaccines to the hospital: "This is a national resource and should be treated."
Conflict between former Corona commissioner and current Ichilov director Prof. Roni Gamzo, and Health Minister Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein, after the hospital vaccinated teaching staff in the joint compound with the Tel Aviv municipality today (Monday), contrary to the ministry's priority, which drew criticism from Minister Edelstein.
Edelstein says goodbye to Gimzo: "We all owe you a huge thank you" // Photo: GPO
In Ichilov, they stated that they had about 4,000 vaccine doses left, which should expire today, and it was decided to prioritize the teaching staff, who are the next group in order of priority, and not to invite young people at random.
After learning of this, Health Minister Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein said: "I take the reports of vaccinations in Tel Aviv seriously for those who are not in the priority groups. The minister instructed the director general of his office, Prof. Hezi Levy, to stop vaccination allocations at Ichilov Hospital and examine vaccination allocations. Next to the hospital.
It is a national resource and should be treated as such.
The Minister calls on all warehousing bodies to be vaccinated solely in accordance with the guidelines of professionals in the Ministry of Health. "
Prof. Gamzo, for his part, responded: "The hospital acted according to the priority guidelines of the Ministry of Health, where at the time of stock formation a group of over 55 and chronic patients should be vaccinated, followed by teachers and police. The surplus we faced at noon was about 3,000 vaccine doses and probably due to the immunization rate. High in Tel Aviv.
"We immediately went out and vaccinated all the appropriate hospital inpatients within the wards and sent a summons to anyone over the age of 60 who had not yet been vaccinated. In addition, we completed vaccinations for citrus in hostels and police at the request of the Ministry of Health. At the same time, we called teaching staff to come and get vaccinated immediately. The office.
"To my delight, in a special operation and within a few hours, we managed to avoid wasting a national resource and vaccinate close to 3,000 teachers and more and more 2,000 over the age of 50 and patients with chronic diseases and over the age of 60. This is a tremendous achievement of maximum operation and exemplary management. I am proud of Ichilov teams." Nearly 50,000 Israelis with zero extermination.
"Moreover, I have a hard time understanding why the Ministry of Health supports vaccinating police officers but punishes teachers' vaccinations when they are in the same priority group and in my eyes even more as those who trust our most precious. Ichilov Hospital became a warehouse for all citizens of Israel. "We are at the disposal of the state and the citizens for the continued success of the vaccination campaign and to bring about the eradication of the epidemic soon."
